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ONE MONTH TO GO: Vital track replacement work in Thornford, Dorset, will mean that the Heart of Wessex Line between Castle Cary and Weymouth will be closed with buses replacing trains from Monday 23 September to Sunday 29 September.

Passengers in the Crystal Palace area are being asked to plan ahead if travelling from Saturday 24 August to Sunday 1 September, as Network Rail carry out a major track upgrade.

• Deers top the list of criminal animals that most frequently trespass on the railway
• But people are by far the worst offender
• Over the last year animals trespassed four times a day; people, every half-an-hour!

• The Island Line will close from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin between Friday 6 September and Sunday 6 October for vital maintenance
• Ryde Pier will close from Friday 6 September 2024 until May 2025 while life extension work continues
• One train every 30 minutes will operate between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin from Monday 7 October to early May 2025
• Rail replacement bus services will operate during both closures

Passenger trains are running again over Barnes Bridge, following a six-day closure of the Hounslow Loop line between Kew Bridge and Barnes.

Passengers and visitors to London Waterloo station are now able to enjoy tinkling the ivories or simply listening to others play, following the installation of a new piano in the station’s former Eurostar terminal, now aptly named Orchestra Pit.

• Mosaic supported by Network Rail and made of 250,000 glass pieces in a range of 28 colours by 70 volunteers 
• The largest-ever commission by the London School of Mosaic, with more than 21 million people projected to pass by each year, the mosaic will last for at least 150 years 

The latest quarterly figures (Q4 covering January to March 2024) released by Network Rail Property have revealed a like-for-like (LFL) retail sales* increase of +12.6% across its retail portfolio of 19 managed stations throughout Great Britain.